Foreign News: Exodus

Of Poland's prewar Jewish population of 3,250,000 about three in a
hundred survived the Nazi massacres. Despite the fact that the present
Jewish community (an estimated 45,000) is only an infinitesimal part
(less than .2%) of the population of Communist Poland, a wave of
anti-Semitism is sweeping the country. Since the break with Russia
last October and the relaxation of border regulations, more than 25,000
Jews have applied for passports to Israel. An exodus, including
intellectuals, manual laborers and Communists, is in progress, reported
New York Times Correspondent Sydney Gruson.